A large ensemble dances under bright yellow and blue stage lights while one performer is lifted high at center with arms outstretched.

Studio 3, Riverside Studios2025

Beginnings: A Musical Compilation Showcase

The Production

ArtsEd’s CertHE Musical Theatre students presented Beginnings: A Musical Compilation Showcase at Studio 3, Riverside Studios. The invited-audience performance brought together song, dance and storytelling in a musical theatre showcase for the 2024/25 cohort.

42 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Barney McElholm
Musical Director: Heather Tomala, Ian Brandon
Choreographer: Matthew Malthouse
Commissioned by: ArtsEd
Photography: Steve Gregson

A young performer sings into a handheld microphone in a close spotlight, with two blurred cast members behind her against a dark stage.

A large ensemble stands in tight rows onstage, facing forward with serious expressions under cool blue and white lighting.

Performers rush and crouch around scattered white chairs, with one dancer lunging toward the audience beneath vivid yellow, blue and magenta lights.

A seated performer sings into a handheld microphone, holding one knee close in an intimate close-up under cool stage lighting.

Two performers smile at each other while singing into handheld microphones, with white chairs and seated cast members dimly visible behind them.

Two performers stand face to face in the center of a wide circle of seated cast members and blue chairs on a dark stage.

A performer in a green sleeveless vest sings into a handheld microphone, with seated cast members softly lit in the background.

An ensemble moves across the stage in energetic choreography, arms raised and microphones in hand, with blue chairs lining the back.

Two performers sing side by side into handheld microphones, one gesturing outward with an open hand under a bright spotlight.

Two dancers perform high leg extensions at center stage while an ensemble sits on blue chairs behind them under purple spotlights.

Close-up of a singer holding a microphone with one hand on her chest, looking emotional in bright stage light against a dark background.

Two singers stand on blue chairs with microphones, surrounded by other performers on and around the chairs in a blue stage wash.

A small group of singers with microphones stands close together, the central performer smiling under pink and blue stage lighting.

A wide ensemble scene shows performers arranged around blue chairs, reaching and gesturing dramatically beneath yellow, blue, and magenta lights.

A singer in a burgundy top holds a microphone and looks to the side in an intimate close-up against a dark blue stage backdrop.

A pianist plays from open sheet music in the foreground while a line of performers sings onstage beside rows of blue chairs.

Performers lean toward the audience with microphones and expressive pointing gestures, with seated cast members and blue chairs behind them.

Performers with microphones face one another across the stage while others sit in an arc of blue chairs under turquoise and magenta lighting.

A solo singer gestures outward while holding a microphone, with other performers seated on blue chairs watching behind him.

A close-up performer in a pale blue top sings into a handheld microphone, looking upward under cool blue stage light with another performer blurred behind.

Two performers sit on the stage floor with microphones, one resting her head on the other's shoulder, while the ensemble sits on blue chairs behind them.

A wide ensemble number fills the stage with singers kneeling, standing, and posing on chairs beneath bright yellow, blue, and pink lights.

A performer in a blue vest sings into a microphone at the front of the stage, with two out-of-focus performers standing behind.

A performer in a blue tank top leans from a blue chair and sings into a microphone beside a smiling seated performer, with the ensemble watching behind.

A tight line of performers sings toward the audience under vivid pink and blue lighting, with blue chairs partly visible at the sides.

The ensemble dances across the stage with sweeping arms and lifted legs among blue chairs, while a singer with a microphone stands near the center rear.

A performer in a burgundy top sings into a microphone and reaches outward toward the audience, with a seated performer softly blurred behind.

Six front performers lean and sing into microphones with one arm raised, framed by bright overhead lights and seated ensemble members behind.

Four performers sing with microphones at different levels onstage, two low in the foreground and two standing behind, with seated ensemble members and blue chairs in the background.

A young performer sings into a handheld microphone with one hand raised, lit against a dark blue stage backdrop.

Two front performers sing expressively with a larger ensemble seated and standing among blue chairs behind them on a dark stage.

A group of performers stands in staggered rows under bright stage light, with a blonde performer in red centered against a black background.

A solo performer sings into a microphone between blue chairs while other cast members sit behind her in cool blue lighting.

Five performers sing with microphones across the stage, arms lifted in choreography, with seated ensemble members and blue chairs behind them.

Three performers sing at the front of the stage, holding hands and looking upward, with one microphone visible at the side.

A solo performer stands with a microphone among scattered blue chairs, surrounded by seated cast members under blue spotlights.

An energetic ensemble number shows a front performer leaning into a microphone while others sing, gesture, and hold microphones in pink and blue light.

A large ensemble crowds forward with shocked and intense expressions, framed by blue chairs on the dark stage.

A close ensemble of performers sings on a dark stage, with two women in casual tops prominent in the foreground and blue chairs visible to the side.

A large ensemble stands in a wide line under bright yellow, blue, and pink stage lights, singing on a dark stage with benches at the edges.

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